Example Sentences

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So I settled on a very different riddle, one that my co-clerks and I had spent an earlier lunch hour spiritedly debating.

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2023

He has spiritedly thrown his plentiful financial resources into what was seemingly a losing proposition, and created not only a good basketball team, but now what could be the finest basketball arena in the country.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2021

It’s a hokey setup, but Duchovny is spiritedly determined to work through the various permutations of this man-and-Mammon tale.

From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2021

"I don't see it that way," Kellner replies spiritedly.

From BBC • May 10, 2019

Well, I do," rejoined Susan Clegg spiritedly; "and if you don't, you ought to.

From Susan Clegg and Her Love Affairs by Warner, Anne